ALL NOVEL Chapter 5: He Has Given Too Much...
Chapter 5: He Has Given Too Much…
On the mountain cliff, Ye Qiubai sat beside the willow tree, legs crossed, with the Qingyun Sword placed on his legs. He was comprehending the sword intent of the Qingyun Sword. The sword aura was howling within him, and the sword intent was slowly filling the sky and earth, becoming more condensed!
The willow tree watched this scene and thought to itself, “Mixed Yuan Sword Body, none can match its mastery. It seems that this phrase is not just empty talk…”
Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng arrived above the grass hall.
‘The Nine Underworld Yellow Spring Array’s power far surpasses the arrays in the academy’s treasure library… However, it’s also quite complex, taking me an entire incense stick’s time to fully understand.’
The array levels were divided into Heaven, Earth, and Yellow.
The Zang Dao Academy’s protective array was only at the Earth level, while the Nine Underworld Yellow Spring Array had already surpassed the Heaven level.
This array was indeed formidable, but the materials needed were a problem. It required lightning-struck wood, crimson wood, heaven’s gold, yellow earth, and phoenix ash as the base, and the Yellow Spring River water as the array’s spirit.
Only then could the array be formed. Lightning-struck wood, yellow earth, and phoenix ash were readily available in the grass hall, but the crimson wood and heaven’s gold were missing. After all, Lu Changsheng had rarely left the academy in recent years.
“Looks like I need to visit the academy’s treasure library…” With that thought, he disappeared from his original spot.
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Zang Dao Academy.
The Martial Arts academy had four halls: Sword Hall, Array Hall, Dan Hall, and Martial Hall.
The Confucian Institute was a single hall, dedicated to Confucian studies. And at this moment, the Confucian Institute’s council chamber. The academy’s president, Qin Tiannan, and various hall masters were gathered here discussing important matters.
“I heard that the grass hall has taken in a disciple?” Qin Tiannan looked at everyone with a smile. “I’m quite curious to know who it is that can make Lu Changsheng, that stubborn old man, take in a disciple. And he even went to Tianyuan City personally for that person’s sake.” It was well known that Lu Changsheng had rarely left the academy in recent years, let alone the grass hall.
The Confucian Institute’s elder also smiled, “Perhaps he’s grown up and understands things better now.”
“Let’s hope so. Anyway, let’s discuss the academy’s competition first. After all, it involves the exchange between our Southern Domain academy and the other three domains’ academies.” The Martial Hall’s elder snorted, “Our Southern Domain academy has been ranked last for four consecutive terms. If we don’t produce some outstanding talent, we’ll be at the bottom again.”
Qin Tiannan sighed, “Such things can’t be forced… but didn’t someone in our academy comprehend sword intent recently?”
Everyone looked at the Sword Hall’s elder, but he shook his head and sighed, “Not from our side.”
“Then who was it?”
Previously, the sword intent had surged into the sky, filling the Zang Dao Academy, and Qin Tiannan had tried to trace that aura, but it was blocked by a special barrier and couldn’t be tracked.
“Then let’s search for that person. If they’re our academy’s student, our ranking should improve this time.”
As soon as the words fell, a voice came from outside the door.
“Hey, is anyone there?”
Qin Tiannan’s face turned black upon hearing this tone, and he waved his hand to open the barrier.
“Come in.”
Lu Changsheng pushed the door open, looked at the various elders, smiled, and cupped his fists in greeting.
“Long life to the president, long life to the elders.”
Qin Tiannan rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on, and looked at Lu Changsheng.
“What’s the matter?”
Lu Changsheng explained his purpose,
“President, I want to go to the treasure library.”
“Treasure library?”
Qin Tiannan was taken aback.
“What do you want to do in the treasure library?”
The treasure library was a restricted area in the academy, and one needed Qin Tiannan’s permission to enter.
“I’m setting up an array and lack 2 things, the crimson wood and heaven’s gold…”
The elders’ faces changed upon hearing this. Crimson wood and heaven’s gold were an extremely rare array material, hard to come by. Once it appeared, it would be snatched up by various forces, and even wars might be fought over it. The Array Hall elder frowned.
“Lu Changsheng, what do you want that material for? I’ve never heard that you know how to set up arrays, and you shouldn’t be able to deploy something like that.”
Qin Tiannan waved his hand, interrupting.
“Long life, I won’t ask what you want the crimson wood and heaven’s gold for. I can give it to you, but you must promise me one condition.”
“President!”
The elders opposed,
“Those materials are scarce even in our Zang Dao Academy!”
Qin Tiannan ignored the elders’ objections, looking at Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng nodded reluctantly, knowing that getting the crimson wood heaven gold outside would be troublesome.
“Please speak, President.”
Qin Tiannan nodded,
“Very simple, you personally went to Tianyuan City to take in a disciple a few days ago. The academy’s competition will begin in a week, and I need your disciple to participate.”
“The academy’s competition? I need to ask him if he’s willing…”
“Then the materials will…”
“No problem, he’s my disciple, and I’ll make sure he listens.”
“…”
Lu Changsheng sighed inwardly. His disciple was indeed talented, but he had given him too much. The matter was settled.
Lu Changsheng returned to the grass hall. At this moment, Ye Qiubai was practicing sword techniques in front of his house.
The sword aura was rampant, and the sword glow was unrestrained.
Lu Changsheng looked at him and said, “Your sword’s aura needs to be restrained. What’s the point of being flashy but lacking substance?”
Ye Qiubai seemed to have an epiphany and repeated his sword technique.
After sunset, Ye Qiubai’s sword technique had changed, no longer as flashy as before, but instead, restrained and internalized.
After putting away his sword, Lu Changsheng also walked out of his home.
Ye Qiubai immediately cupped his fists and said,
“Master.”
“Mmm, you should cultivate harder these next few days. In seven days, there will be an academy competition. You’ll participate then.”
“Academy competition?”
Ye Qiubai’s eyes gleamed with fighting spirit. “Yes, disciple understands.”
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Meanwhile, in the Ye family of Tianyuan City, the great elder Ye Ling looked at his son and smiled,
“Yan’er, you’ve been taken in as a disciple by the elder of Zang Dao Academy, so you must perform well and not lose face for our Ye family.”
After finishing, he glanced at Ye Qing, who was standing aside, with a hint of disdain.
Ye Yan cupped his fists and smiled,
“Ye Yan will not disappoint father’s expectations. In this academy competition, I will definitely achieve a good ranking and bring honor to our Ye family, making up for the face lost by Ye Qiubai!”
Ye Qing’s face turned extremely ugly, while Ye Ling burst into laughter,
“Hahaha, good, good! We’ll wait for your good news here.”
At the same time, he patted Ye Qing’s shoulder and said loudly,
“Family head, don’t worry, my son will hold up the Ye family’s reputation. Our young generation will not decline!”